reposit

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin repositus, past participle of repōnō (put back), from re- + pōnō (put). See position.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/

Verb

reposit (third-person singular simple present reposits, present participle repositing, simple past and past participle reposited)

  1. (transitive) To cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit.
    Synonyms: deposit, depose (in an obsolete sense)
    • 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. [], London: [] W[illiam] Innys, [], →OCLC:
      Others reposit their young in holes.
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Etymology 2

re- +‎ posit

Verb

reposit (third-person singular simple present reposits, present participle repositing, simple past and past participle reposited)

  1. (transitive) To posit again.
    • 2013, Ephraim-Stephen Essien, editor, Summa Philosophica: An Introduction to Philosophy and Logic, page 371:
      Heidegger reposited the question which had earlier been posited by the doctor of monadology, Leibnitz.

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